Combined inventory and price tag holder



June l, 1943. J. PAvLovlc, JR

COMBINED INVENTORY AND PRICE TAG HOLDER Filed March 3, 1942 album!! .fVAnother' o Patented June 1, 1943 COMBINED INVENTORY ANDl PRICE TAHOLDER Joseph Pavlovic, Jr., Dillonville, Ohio Application March 3,1942, Serial No. 433,213

5 Claims.

lThis invention is an improvement to a combined inventory and price 'tagholder Patent No. 2,204,767, which relates to tag holders and moreparticularly to a tag holder adapted'to be kmounted on a shelf in astore. One object of the invention is to provide a tag holder of suchconstruction that it may be mounted against the front edge face of ashelf in front of merchandise on the shelf and prominently display tagswhich indicate the price of the merchandise.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tag holder which willnot only carry tags bearing the price of the merchandise but also carrytags bearing the name of the merchandise. f Another object of theinvention is to provide a tag holder which will not only hold tags inlposition to be seen by a customer or clerk but also carry a tray or boxin which inventory record slips are kept for a permanent record of costprice, selling price, and sales of the particular item that may bepriced and named on tag. y

-ect of the invention is to provide a tag holder so formed that a trayor box holding inventory record slips that may be withdrawn withoutdisturbing tags applied to the holder. ...Another object of theinvention is to provide a tag holder formed of sheet metal and capableof being very easily mounted at the front edge of a shelf.

Another object of the invention is to provide a -tag holder havingmembers extending rearwardly from a front plate constituting a backingplate for price tags, the rearwardlyv extending members also serving ascarriers for a tray disposed back of the front plate and closed by thisplate `when in normal position.

. i Another .object of the invention is to provide a tag holder whereinan auxiliary holder for car- -rying tags bearing the names ofmerchandise is removably mounted back of a, traycarrying a supply oftags and holds the tray against the rear face of a plate against whichprice tags are mounted.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tag holder havingrearwardly extending tray supporting portions which are formed withflanges or equivalent members for engaging flanges of a mounting platexed to a shelf and slidably mounting the tag holder for movement intoand out of engagement with the mounting plate.

In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a front elevation showing a tagholder of the improved construction mounted against the front edge faceof a shelf.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the improved tag holder.

' Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modified form of tag holder.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the mounting plate or bracket carryingthe holder shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the form of tag holder shown in Fig. 4.

The improved tag holder shown in Figs. l, 2 and 3 is formed of sheetmetal, and referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the blank fromwhich the holder is formed is bent to provide a body or backing plate Ihaving lips or flanges 2 and 3 along its upper and lower edges. Theselips are in slight forward spaced relation to the backing plate so thatprice cards 4 may be fitted into place against the backing plate withthe lips overlapping upper and lower ends of the tags and firmly butremovably holding the tags in place. The lips or flanges 2 and 3 are ofdouble thickness and, after forming these lips, the blank is bent toform jaws 5 and 6 which project rearwardly from the plate l for grippingupper and lower surfaces of a shelf l and removably mounting the tagholder in position against the front edge face of the shelf. The upperjaw is flat from the plate I to its rear end but the portion of theblank forming the jaw 6 is initially of greater length than the jaw 5and is bent to form a trough-shaped portion 8 having a rear wall 9 fromwhich the jaw B projects. In spaced relation toits rear end, the jaw 6is bent to form an upwardly extending portion Ill from which the shelfengaging portion or lip Il of the jaw extends. Since the blank isresilient sheet metal, the jaws will frictionally grip the shelf andfirmly hold the tag holder in position.

To carry a supply of inventory record slips, there has been provided atray or receptacle which is also formed of sheet metal. This trayextends horizontally with its open side presented forwardly and isslidably supported in the trough 8. Normally, the tray is in retractedposition back of the plate l which serves as a closure for the tray andholds the inventory record slips within the tray. By applying pressureto one end of the tray, it may be shifted longitudinally out of thetrough and either partially or entirely removed from the trough.Inventory record slips may be added or removed from the tray as they arerequired and the tray returned to retracted position back of plate I.

An auxiliary holder I3 is mounted over the jaw 5. This tag holder ispreferably of slightly less length than the main tag holder and has anupper flange I4 and end flanges I5 for overlapping marginal portions oftags IB bearing the names of merchandise placed on the shelves. Asupporting tongue or strip Il extends downwardly from the body portionof the auxiliary tag holder and passes through a slot I8 formed in thejaw 5, in such position that the tongue bears against the rear surfaceof the tray and has its lower end portion engaged in the trough 8 andbears against the front surface of the rear Wall 9 thereof. This striphas flat contacting engagement with the front edge face of the shelfwhere it is gripped between the shelf and the tray and frictionally heldin place. It should also be noted that when the tag holder is removedfrom the shelf, the strip constitutes a backing strip for the tray andholds the tray in upright position with its open front pressed againstand closed by the plate I of the main tagholder.

In Figs. 4, and 6, there has been shown a modified form of tag holder.In this embodiment of the invention, there is a main tag holder I9formed from a sheet metal blank bent to form upper and lower flanges 23and 2I of double thickness. After forming the anges 2li and 2|,

the blank is extended rearwardly to form extensions 22 and 23 havingflanges 24 and l25 extending therefrom. The flanges Y2li and 25 are then`bent to form lips or tongues 26 and `2'! for engaging in troughs 28 and29 formed along upper and lower edges of a mounting strip or bracket 30secured against the front edge face of a shelf 3| by nails 32.'Ihebracketv has its lower portion 33 curved forwardly .so lthat the tagholdei` will be disposed at an inclinea,s shown in Fig. 4, when Yappliedto .the bracket Vand tags 34 carried by the holder disposed at such 'an`angle that they can be easily read by a-customer or clerk looking at thetag holder. Since the tag holder is formed of resilient metal, the lipsor tongues 26 and 2'! form jaws for gripping a'tray 35 andfrictionally'holding the tray in place back of the front plate of thetag holder; This tray serves as a container'for inventory" record slipsand when the tray is in normal Aretracted position back of the frontplate, its'open front will be closed by the front plate of the tagholder. linventory record slips will thus be stored ina convenientreceptacle and may be easily inserted or removed when the tray isshifted longitudinally tothe extended position shown in Fig. 6,

keeping a permanent record of mechandise re- 'ceived and sold during agiven time, also the cost `claimed is:

"1. A tag holder comprising atag holding member, support engagingmembers extending rearwardly from the tag holding member, a trayshiftable into and out of position back of the tag holding member, thetray being open at its front for insertion and removal of articles andhaving its open front closed by the tag holding member when in positionback of the tag holding member, and an auxiliary tag holder having almounting member passing through one of the support engaging membersback of the tray and holding the tray upright with its open front closedby the first tag holding member.

2. A tag` holder comprising a front plate constituting a backing platefor tags, sheets extending rearwardly from upper and lower edges of thefront plate and constituting support engaging members, and a trayresting on the lower sheet and shiftable horizontally between theshe'ets into and out of position back of the front`4 plate and having anopen front closed by the front plate when the tray is in position backof the front plate.

k3. A tag holder comprising a'front plate constituting a backing platefor tags, sheets extending rearwardly from upper and lower edges of thefront plate and constituting support engaging members, the lower sheethaving its forward `portion bent to form a trough, and a tray supportedin the trough back of the front plate and slidable horizontally into andout of position back of the front plate, the tray having an open frontclosed by the front plate when the tray is in position back of the frontplate.

4. A tag holder comprising a front plate constituting a backing platefor tags, flanges along upper and lower edges of the front plate forholding tags against the front plate, sheets extending rearwardly fromupper 4and lower edges of the front plate and constituting supportengaging members, the lower sheet having its for- `ward portion bent toform a trough, an auxiliary vtag holder over the upper sheet having a depending shank extending through an opening in the upper sheet with itslower end resting in the trough, and a tray in the trough open at itsfront and slidable into and out of position back of the front plate in'which its open -front is closed by the front plate, said shank holdingthe trough upright'with its open front in closing vengagement with thefront plate.

5. A tag holder comprising a front plate con'- stituting a backing platefor tags, flanges along upper and lower edges of the front plate forholding tags against the front plate, sheets extending rearwardly fromupper and lower edges of the front plate, said sheets being bent to formupper and lower' channels and lips carried by rear walls of thechannels, a tray mounted back of the front plate within the channels andslidable `horizontally into and out of place, and a mounting brackethaving flanges slidably engaged by anges of the channels. v s

' JOSEPH PAVLOVIC, JR."

